Floor-surfacing machine.



H. W. CHENEY.

FLOOR SUBFAGING MACHINE.

Arrmoulox FILED JULY ze, 190e.

' Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

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H. W. CHENEY. FLOOR SURFAOING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2e, 190e,

1,013,534. Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

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H. W. CHENEY., FLOOR SURFAGING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED IIULY 26, 1906.

Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

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H. w. CHENEY. n FLOOR SUBFAGING MACHINE.

AMLIOATION FILED JULY 26, 1906.

Patented Ja11.2, 1912.

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i HERBERT W. CHENEY, OF NORWOOD, OHIO.

i FVLGOR-SURFACING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2,1919.

Application filed July 26, 1906. ,Serial No. 327,934.' i

To all whom t muy concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT W. CHENEY, a citizen of -the United States, residing at Norwood, in the county of Hamilton and the State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Floor-Surfacing Machines; and I declare the following to be af full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains lo make and use the samt.

My invention is designed to provide a novel lloor surfacing machine of superior etlieieney and utility. having simple and economical construction. durability and convenience in olwration, and adapted to clean, polish. surface or level tioors having either plain or irregular outlines by the use of motive power.

Among the objects of my invention are, to produce better and more uniform results in theolwration of dressing irregular floor surfaces than has been possible heretofore, and to produce a machine in which the direct ion of movement, degree of pressuri and speed of travel ofthe polishing surface relative to the surface acted upon are under the complete control of the operator at all times. and in'whieh the operating head carrying the polishing surface may be adjustedl to operate on either side of the frame of the machine close to the walls and corners of the room. and also in which the operating head will adjust itself automatically to act upon the high points of the floor.

Tn carrying out the above objects I therefore provide a truck or carriage having a rotatable surfacing disk or polishing` head mounted thereon, together with means for driving the surfacing disk and the. truck.

In a more specific aspect my invention consists of a floor surfacing machine comprising a rotatable abrasive surface, a motor for-rotating said abrasive surface at a constant speed and to feed it over a floor surface, together with n'ieansfor varying the rate and reversing the direction of feed, and also means to adjust the contact pressure between the abrasive surface and the tloor surface.

The invention further consists of an improved fan blower so mounted and arranged 'taken on line 14 sectional View through worm gear case and i relative. tothe abrasive surface of the. floor surfacing machine that it removes all the refusey from' the immediate vicinity of said f abrasive surface. n j

The invent-ion also comprises certain improvements in detalls of construction and .combination of parts which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which clearly illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention Figure l is a plan view of the Hoor surfacing machine showing the parts above the platform and those the view of which is not obstructed by the platform, with the positions of the carrying wheels in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 3 is a front elevation; Fig. t is a plan view showing the mechanism under the platform with certain parts in section; Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the friction driving mechanism taken on lilies 5 5 Fig. 1 looking toward the rear end of the machine; Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the polishing` head and its support taken on line 6' .6 Fig. 1 showing the polishing disk, exhaust fan and related parts; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the exhaust fan in detail; Figs. 8 9 are views showing the two positions to which all the blades of the exhaust fan Fig. 7 may all be simultaneously adjusted; Figs. 10-11 are views slnuving a detail of the disk form.- ing` a part of the exhaust fanFig. 7, and serving to move and hold the blades in position: Fig. 1Q is a.view in partial sec-A tion on line 12 12 Fig. 6 looking in direction of arrow, showing the flexible or universal joint eomlection'between the polish.- ing disk and the hub or center upon which the'blades of the exhaust fan are mounted; Fig. 13 is a plan view of the .mechanism for raising or lowering the framework carrying the polishing head, showing certain parts in section taken on line 13 13 Fig. 14; Fig. 14 is a side elevation of the mechanism shown in plan in Fig. 13 with framework carrying polishing head in section 14 Fig. -Gg Fig. 15 is a sprocket wheel on line 15 15 Fig. --l, showing worin gearing; Fig. 1G is a. view showing a partial section through handle levers on line 1G 16 Fig. l; and Fig. 17 is a view showing a partial section through the steering and speed changing levers at the lower end of the handle lever shafts taken on line 17 17 Fig. 4.

Similar letters and numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

parts The carriage of my improved machine consists of the frame orI latfomn 1 mount ed on wheels 2 and2; on the carriage is mounted the motor (s o'wn here as an electric motor), the'pcdishing'headsA 4, the driving and steering gear, and othergparts which will be hereinafter described.

I will first describe the polishing. head and related parts of my improved machine which comprises in general, a vertical shaft 14, carryino an abrasive polishing disk 24 and a fan Fig. 7, mounted in bearings 8 and 9 in a frame 7, and an inclosing case 29 for .the fan and disk, said frame 7 being rigidly mounted upon a hollow shaft 6. More specifically it consists of a disk 24 Fig. 6, arranged to hold on/its face any abrasive or polishing material such as sand paper., The material is clamped on by means of a ring 2S having a tapered it on the periphery of the disk, said /ring being forced on over the edges of the material to be used. The disk 24 is rigidly attached to plate 23 by screws, indicated at vK,'said plate being flexiblyiconnected to ahub 2O in such a manner as `to give in effect a universal joint of limited movement but having a positive drive. This is accomplished inf the following man'ner.' A semi-spherical projection, indicated at J, on the plate 23 fits into a corresponding seat in the hub 20, and is held by a special screw 25 also having a semi-spherical head the center of which coincides with the center of the spherical projection on plate 23. The hole in said plate is slightly larger thanthe body of the screw to allow for a limited movement of the plate in its seat. Pins 26 are rigidly secured in lugs in plate 23 and engage with slots in the rim of hub 20, as indicated at M Figs. G and l2, thus serving as a positive drive for the plate from hub' 20. Thehub 20 is rigidly pinned to shaft 14, as indicated at G. The shaft 14 runs in bearings 8 and 9 which are Hexibly mounted in frame 7 so as to have a slight vertical movement with reference to the frame 7, said bearing having threaded ends, indicated at C, to receive a threaded collar 10 which serves to hold the bearing bushings rigidly together as one piece. The relation ofthe bushings 8 and 9 and the collar 10 being finally mainj taine'd by the special screw 11. The bushings 8 andl 9 are kept from turning in the frame 7 byl a sliding key or feather 12 and are lined with any suitable bearing metal such as babbitt, indicated at D. Stiff springs 13-13 are interposed between the collar 10 and the frame 7 and serve to allow a slight vertical movement between the bearings 8 and 9 and the frame 7. 14 is held against end-wise movements with reference to the bearings 8 and 9 by the thrust collars 15-15 which are rigidly pinned to the shaft as indicated at E. A

The shaft pulley 16 is rigidly keyed .to the-shaft as indicated at F and seryes to'! drive the` shaft: Onthe lower end of bearing 9a cylindrical",

drip cup 19 is screwed and arranged to catch f to move them simultaneously to different angular positions as shown 'in Figs. 8 and 9. This may be accomplished by loosening the binding screw 28 which passes through the slot, indicated at N, and turning one of the blades 22 to the desired angle. It is obvious 80 that the other blades will all assume the same angle. This allows the fan to be vrotated ineither direction and by proper adjustment cause it to give a fiow of air in the direction of arrows Fig. 6 with either di- 35 rection of rotation. The plate 27 also serves to hold the shanks 21 of the fan blades 22 against centrifugal force tending to withdraw 'them from the holes in the hub 20. A fiange on plate 27 normally sets .into an 90 annular groove in hub 20 and also into aslot in the end of the shank 21 as indicated at O. A split cover 29-.-29 incloses the fan and polishing disk and is held in place by the split bracket 30-30 resting in an an- 95 nular groove in the hub of frame 7 and fastened together by bolts 31. The part of the cover 29 is also fixed to the hollow shaft 6, as indicated at P. It is obvious that the part of the cover 29 may be removed by re- 100 moving the bolts 31, making the fan R Fig. 7 and polishing disk 24 accessible.

The polishing head may be adjusted in a vertical direction at the will of the operator to increase or diminish the contact pressure between the polishing head and the floor or to raise it clear of the floor by the following means: A rod 32 having a bearing and free to turn in bracket 5 has a lever 33 rigidly pinned at one end and a foot lever 34 rigidly pinned at the other end. Said levers engage with the frame 7 on either side of the hollow shaft 6 and serve to raise or lower said hollow shaft and the polishing head mounted thereon with relation to the platform l. A pin 35, rigidly mounted in bracket 5, acts as a fulcrum for a foot lever 36 which engages with a link 37 by means of a fulcrum pin?, Said link engages at the other end with lever 33, through fulcrum pin 39. It will be noted that the arrangement of these parts is such as to give` a toggle action so that when pressure is applied on lever 36 the pressure will be greatly increased at lever 33 tending to force the 125 polishing head down in contact with the floor. Tn lever 3st a pin Al0 is rigidly fixed and forms a support for one end of a counterbalancing spring 4l, the other end of sal'd spring being supported on frame 1. This 130 lil' shaft 44. Upen the sleeve spring should preferably be made of suttlcient strength to nearly counter-balance the weight of the hollow shaft (i and the polishing head attached thereto. It `will be noted that when pressure is applied to foot lever 34.1'he polie-hing head will` be raised from the door. A plunger 107 backed by a compression Spring lOS'inounted in the b `acket as shown in Fig. l engages with the 'frame 7 to' ,norm a cushion for the polishing head in fase ii should come in contact with an obstruction, and also to act as a belt tightener foi the belt 17 which connects the polishing hea i ard the motor lV w'fl now describe the driving and revereine` gear for transmitting power to propel the carriage of my improved door surfacing machine which' comprises in general of motor driven friction wheels engaging with a friction disk from which motion is `transmitted to the driving wheels through chain and sprocket and worin gearing; and a hand lever to change the position of the friction wheelev relative to the dislnand to disengage thc gearing from the driving wheels. More speeilically a grooved pulley 42 rigidly mounted on the shaft of motor 3 drives a. grooved pulley 43, rigidly mounted on the shaft. --l-4'which Shaft is mounted in bearings 45 supported on the frame l, through .the lround belt 4G, tension on said belt being maintained by a belt tightener consisting of the loose pulley 47 mounted. on a stud 48 which is riveted into an arm 49 which arm is pivoted on the stud 50, said stud being rigidly bolted to the frame l. A Spring 5l. has one end secured to frame 1 and the other end attached to arm 49 in such a manner to keep the pulley 47 in Contact with bolt 46 and take up the Slack therein. The end play of the shaft 44 is taken up by the collar o2 lixed to said shaft and by the hub of pulley' 4?. A Sleeve is .elidably mounted on the ehafft`44 and is driven thereby by means; of thc sliding 4 feather or key 54 engaging with aapliue in two friction wheels 5F-55'4 are rigidly mounted, said wheelal being preferably constrl'icted of layers of raw hide, indicated in Fig,- 5, leaid yraw hide being securely clamped in position by the nuts 56--56 and waShcrS 577. Said washers being securely keyed to the sleeve 5?. Mounted loosely on sleeve 53 a collar which is held against end play on the sleeve by collar 5f) Said collar being securely pinned to the sleeve. `Tn bracket 5 a pine G0 rigidly cl means of the cerew (il, and serves as a support for the operating levers hereinafter' described. A hollow shaft 62 having a bearin;l in. and extending through the pipe 60 has a lrvcr (S3 Securely clamped to it'atlower cud underneath the platform, as sodicatcd in Fig. 17 and a speed changingy a mpcd, byV

' shaft as shown in Fig. 5.

pinned to it, as indicated in end of lever G3 which is forked, as Shown in,

ligig. 17, two links (54' are pivotally engaged by :fucans of the studs 65. ril`he other eil-d of ."iid links being metrirally opposite sides of the collar 58 by means ot the studs GG. It will be understood from the arrangement of parts shown that :qpioveinent of the lever G4 will change the poeition of the sleeve 'longitudinally on the shaft 44. A bracket 67, bolted. to the frame l., serves as a bearing for a shaft G8, which :shaft has slight end play in its bearing. A friction disk G9 is rigidly mounted on the lower end of the shaft 68 underneath the platform l, and during operation of the machine engages with one of the friction wheele 55`55. A footlever 70, fulcrumed on the pin 7l rigidly mounted in the bracket 67, engages with the top end of sl'iaf't 68,

:1s-.indicated in Fig. 5, and Serves ae means to increase or diminish the pressure between the friction disk 69 and the friction'wheels A tension Spring 72, having one end secured to the lever 70 and the other end secured to the bracket 67, normally tends to force the friction disk downward against one of the friction wheels 55-55. A collar 78, rigidly pinned to the shaft 68, serves to limit the downward movement of the A sprocket wheel 74 is rigidly tion disk (39 and to the shaft GS, as 'indicated at Q. A driving chain 75 connects Said sprocket wheel to a second Sprocket wheel 76 which is rigidly tixed to the worm shaft pinned Vto the hub of the fric-y pivotally engaged on dia 77. Said worm shaft has bearingsI in the gear bracket 78 and has a 'we "u1 7 9 rigidly Fig. 15. The gear bracket 78 is supported by the V shaped bar 80 and the bent bar 8l. which bars are attached to it and to theI frame l by cap screws, as indicated in Fig. 2. The worm wheel 82 is loosely mounted on the Shaft 83 and engages with the worm 7 9. The shaft 83 is mounted in brackets depending from frame l. Said worm wheel has on one side a shouldered hub which fits freely into an` openingin the gear bracket 78, and on the other side the gearbracket cover 84 rents against the other end of the hub, thus holding the `worm. wheel aga-inst lateral movement on the shaft A Sleeve 85 slidably engages with Shaft 83 and serves to drive thel shaft by means of a feather which is secured in said sleeve and engages with a Spline in the Shaft.. The hub of the worin wheel 82 has teeth to form a clutch and the sleeve 85 has similar teeth to match.

The wheelsi?. are rigidly keyed to the axle- 83. It is obvious that the worm wheel will drive the wheels 2 and thus move the machine along when the sleeve 85 engages with it, aad that the worm wheel 82 and driving sleeve is .disengaged with the worm wheel.

A` forked lever 86 having rollers 87 mounted thereon which engage in an annular groove in sleeve 85, as indicated at R, serves to move said sleeve into or out of engagement with '.the' worin wheel. The forked lever Y86 is rigidly pinned' to a rod 88 which'has a bearing in a lug on the gear bracket 78. On theupper end of the rod 88 a lever 89 is rigidly pinned. A tension lspring 90, fastened at one end to the lever 89 and at the other end to the frame 1, serves to hold the sleeve 85 normally out of engagement with the worm wheel 82. Alever 91 fulcrumed on a stud 92 which is rigidly attached .to frame 1, has at one end a roller 98 which engages with the plate 94 on lever 68. The link 95 is pivotally connected at one end to the lever 89 and at the other end to lever 91. A notch plate 94 is arranged so that at a certain position of lever 68, corresponding tothe position at which neither of the friction wheels -55 are in engagement with friction disk 69, the spring 90 will pull the sleeve ont of engagement with the worm wheel 82 and the roller 98 into the notch in plate 94. It is obvious from this arrangement that when lever 64 is'moved to bring the friction wheels 55-55 and friction disk 69 into engagement, the sleeve 85 and worm wheel 82 will also be brought into engagement. The roller 98 also further serves to deline the position of lever 64 when the friction wheels 55-55 and the disk 69 are ont of engagement.

The steering mechanism of my improved machine consists of the following parts: A handle lever 96 is securely clamped to a rod 97, said rod having a bearing and -eX- tending through the hollow shaft 62. At the lower end of rod 97 a lever 98 is se curely fixed. The outer end of the lever 98 is pivotally engaged witha connecting bar 99 by means of the pin 100. The wheels 2 are mounted loosely on studs 101 and held on by cotter pins 102. Each stud 1,01

is rigidly supported in a lever 108, which is pivotally supported in the support-ing bracket 104 by means of a pin 105. A projecting J arm on each lever 108 engages with the con-` necting bar 99 by means of the pin 106.

It is obvious from this arrangement that a movement of the lever 96 swivels the brackets 108 about the pin 105 and changes the relation of the wheels 2 to the frame 1, as indicated `in Fig. 4f.

Referring to Fig. 1, itwill be noted that the complete polishing head may be moved to the position 180o from that shown to the position indicated by the dotted lines so as to allow the machine to work over the completefsurface of any given area to advantage.

'foot ofthe operator.

The operation of the machine is as follows The operator may sit on the seat S, shown in Fig. 2. A switch T and a motor starter U when closed connect the motor with themains supplying the energy. The motor 8 drives the polishing disk Maud fan Fig. 7 at a high rate of speed through the pulley 18, belt 17, pulley 16 and shaft 14. The motor also drives the shaft44 through the pulleys 4t2, belt 46 and pulley 48. lhen the handle lever 611 is in a central position, as shown in Eig. 1, -neither of the friction wheels 55-55 engage with the friction disk 69 andthe sleeve 85 is out of engagement with worm wheel 82, as heretofore described, and the machine is not propelled in either direction. If it is de sired that a forward movement of the machine over the floor surface be obtained the lever 64 is moved slightly away from the operator which brings friction Wheel 55 into engagement with the greatest diameter of friction'disk 69 and engages the clutch on the rear a-Xle 88, driving the machine slowly at first through the gearing heretofore described. It is obvious that a further gradual movement of the handle lever 64 increases the speed Yof the machine gradually over the range of speed desired. During movement of the lever 64 thepressure between the friction driving wheels may be relieved if desired by use of the foot lever 70. If it is desired that a backward movement over the floor surface be obtained the lever 64 is moved toward the operator, bringing friction wheel 55 into engagement with the opposite periphery of friction disk 69 thus driving the machine slowly in a backward direction. It will be understood from the arrangement shown that the same range of .speeds maybe had either forward or backward. When it is desired to bring the polishing head in position to do work the lever 86 may be depressed with the left lVhen it is desired to have the polishing head clear the floor thelever 84 maybedepressed with the right foot of the operator. 1f amore positive drive of t-he machine .over theI lsurface of the fioor'is desired the lever 70 may be depressed with the right foot of the operator. A`In the operation of polishing or surfacing a licor the fan FiO. 7 creates a draft of air in the direction or arrows indicated in Fig. 6 carrying the dust and refuse up through the pipe 6. A porous bag or other receptacle. (not shown) may be attached to the end of the pipe 6 toA receive ,therefnse It will be noted that with the arrangement of belt 17 and the pulleys with which it engages the belt will stay on the pulleys only when the motor rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow Fig. 2. lVhen it is desired to operate the machine with the polishing head to the left of the operationas indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 1. the belt 17 is first removed. The is then swung around 18()o on its pipe support (S and is driven from pulley 18' through the belt 17. The polishing disk will then rotate in the opposite direction from that obtained when operated as shown. and the fan Fig. 7 may be changed as heretofore described to produce an upward tiow of air through the pipe G.

I am aware ofthe faet that machines havebeen construeted embodying some of the features described in this speei'tieation and I do not claim sueh features broadly. I also wish to have itunderstood that I do not limit my invention to the exact details shown. as they may` in a measure. be departedV from without'in any wise departing from the spirit of my invention.

I'Iaving deseribed my invention, what I claim is:

l. In a floor surfacing maehine. the eombination of a -arriage. a rotatable member supported thereon. said member 'being provided with an abrasive surfaee. a motor mounted on said earriage to rotate' the abra- I sive suri'aee and to propel the earriage, and

meansI under the eontrol of al single. .operating handle for controlling the speed of said carriage and for reversing its direction of movement without atleeting the speed of rotation of said abrasive surface.

In a. floor surfacing machine. the rombination of a trui-le having a driving member. a rotatable abrasive disk. an eleetrie motor for rotating the disk and for pro# polling the trut-k. means for eonneeting the niotor to said disk. imlependent means for connecting the motor to the driving 1nembeiwand for varying the speed ot' said driving member. 'a single handle for operating said last mentioned means. and means for adjusting the abrasive disk vertically in .relation to the. truck for varying .the eontaet pressure between the disk and thetioor surface and for lifting the disk away from the floor surface.

3. In' ajioor surfacing machine. the combination of a rotatable abrasive disk. a. motor to rotate the disk and to feed it over `the floor surface, connections whereby the motor may drive the disk at a const-ant speed, independent means for varying the speed at which the disk is fed over the floor surface, and means for adjusting the disk While rota .fing to increase or diminish the contact pressure of said disk upon the floor surface` t. In a Hoor surfacing machine, the oombination of acarrage. a .rotatabie abrasive surface resiliently supported on the carriage, a motor to rot-ate the abrasive `surface at a constant speed and propel the carriage. friction means controlled by a sin gie handle to cha-nge the speed and' reverse polishing head disk mounted t. lu a tloor surfacing machine; the eourI bination ot a carriage, a vertieal sha tt supportedby the carriage. a rotatable abrasive upon and driven b v the shaft. and having its plane normally at .L right angle to the shaft but adapted te more into positions at ditterentI angles thereto` single means to rotate the shaft and propel the earriage. and means for controlling thtI speed of the earriage independently of that of said shaft.

T. In a floor surfaeing machine. the eombination of a shaft. a rotatable abrasive surfaee and a fan mounted upon and driven by the shaft. bearings for the shaft. a frame to support' the bear-ings. and a flexible connection between the bearings and the frame allowing endwise movement of the bearings and shaft in the frame.

8. ln a tloor surfacing maehmej. the eombinatiou of a shaft. a rotatable ab asive by the shaft.`

disk mounted ou and driven bearings for the shaft. a frame to support the bearings. thrust "eollars on the shaft to limit end play in the bearings. and a spring eonneet ion between thebearings and frame to allow endwise movement of the shaft and bearings relative to the frame. i

t). In a tloor surfaeing mael'iine. the combination of a carriage. a hollow sliaftfsup ported thereby. a frame rigidly mounted on said holloivshatt. a polishing head supported b v said frame. ahousing for said 'polishing' head. and mans for driving air through the hollow shaft to eonduet. away the refuse from said polishing head` l0. 1n a tloor surfacing maehine. the com bination ot' a earriage. a hollow shaft having bearings inthe carriage. a frame rigidly mounted on the hollow shaft and pivotally mounted on said carriage, and adapted to be swung into different positions relative thereto. a polishing head rotatablymounted on said frame. a housing for said polishing head, means to rotate the polishing head. and means to drive air through said hollow shaft.

11. In a tloor surfacing machine, the. combination of a carriage, a frame pivotally mounted on said carriage and adapted to be swung into different positions relative 1 lit) thereto, a polishing head. rotatably mounted in said frame, means to rotate the polishing head, and a lever on the carriage coperating I with the frame to raise and lower the frame and polishing head relative to the carriage. 12. In a iloorsurfacing machine, the combinationvofafcarriage, a bracketl mounted thereon, a frame carrying a polishing head pivotally and adjustably supported by the bracket, a lever to raise the frame, levers `forming a toggle joint to lower the frame, and a counterbalance tending normally to raise the frame in relation to the bracket.

13. In a ioor surfacing machine, the combination of a carriage, a rotatable polishing` head supported on .a fra-me attached to the carriage and capable of movement relative .the1eto, a motor to rotate the polishing head, and means arranged to act as a buffer between sald frame and the carriage. v

14. In a Hoor surfaclng machlne, the combination of a carriage, a frame carried thereby and movable'relative thereto, a polishing head rotatably mounted on said frame, a motor, a belt connecting said motor 'co-said polishing head, and a buer spring between the frame and the carriage and acting as a bclt-tightener. Y

i 15. In a floor surfacing machine, the combination of a frame, a shaft supported in bearings in the frame, means to rotate the shaft, an abrasive surface and a fan mounted upon and drivenA by the shaft, and a single segmentally divided inclosing casing for the abrasivel surface and fan in communication with a vertical air duct.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT W. CHENEY. 'itnesses:4

AD. E. MONTHEIM, WM. H. BUck'roN. 

